Target Canada Announces 16 Closures Next Week as it Winds Up Operations

The exterior of a Target store is shown in Toronto on Thursday, January 15, 2015. Target will close its stores in Canada, a market that it entered only two years ago. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette)

TORONTO — Target Canada says it will close 16 locations next week, the first wave of closures as the U.S. retailer winds down its operations across the country.

Employees at each store will be notified about 10 days before the final day of business, said company representative Molly Snyder.

The plans call for the closure of eight stores in Ontario, three in Alberta, two in B.C., two in Quebec and one store in Manitoba.

Target Corp., the parent company headquartered in Minneapolis, Mn., announced in January that it would shutter its 133 stores across the country after determining it would take years to turn a profit.